scholarly journals Utility of molecular analysis of peritoneal fluid in staging laparoscopy of advanced oesophagogastric junction and gastric cancer prior to neoadjuvant treatment

Author(s):  
Monica Miro ◽  
Regina Vives ◽  
Leandre Farran ◽  
Lluis Secanella ◽  
Mar Varela ◽  
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Abstract The significance of molecular analysis of peritoneal fluid in staging laparoscopy of oesophagogastric junction (EGJ) and gastric cancer is still controversial. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of prospective data collection of all patients diagnosed with locally advanced gastric neoplasia or Siewert II-III EGJ cancer from July 2009 to October 2019 who underwent staging peritoneal lavage prior to neoadjuvant treatment was performed. Cytology studies and molecular analysis of peritoneal lavage were performed by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT_PCR) of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin 20 (CK20) as tumor makers. RESULTS: 168 patients were operated. Citology and molecular analysis were performed in 138 patients. Macroscopic carcinomatosis (P+) was evidenced in 12.3% (17 patients). Of the remaining 87.7% (121 patients), 9.9% (12 patients) had positive cytology. In 21% (29 patients) disseminated macroscopic or microscopic disease (P + or Cyt+) was identified. 11.6% (16 patients) were P0Cyt- but RT-PCR+. Of these, 9 responded to chemotherapy before salvage surgery. The sensitivity of cytology and molecular analysis was 0.70 and 0.76, respectively (p = 0.67). The survival of Cyt-RT_PCR + vs. Cyt + RT_PCR + patients was similar (p = 0.1). However, there were no differences in the survival curves between Cyt-RT_PCR- patients vs Cyt-RT_PCR + patients who underwent salvage surgery (p = 0.69). CONCLUSION: Molecular analysis showed a sensitivity of 76%. In our study, the survival of P0 Cyt-RT_PCR + patients responding to chemotherapy and undergoing surgery was similar to that of P0 Cyt-RT_PCR- patients but less disease free survival.

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thales Paulo BATISTA ◽  
Mário Rino MARTINS ◽  
Euclides Dias MARTINS-FILHO ◽  
Rogerio Luiz dos SANTOS

Background The Extensive Intraoperative Peritoneal Lavage (EIPL) has been proposed as a practical prophylactic strategy to decrease the risk of peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer. Objective To explore the safety and efficacy of the EIPL in our locally advanced gastric cancer patients. Methods This study is an open-label, double-center, single-arm phase II clinical trial developed at two tertiary hospitals from Recife (Pernambuco, Brazil). Results The study protocol was prematurely closed due to slow accrual after only 16 patients had been recruited to participate. Eight of them were excluded of the protocol study during the laparotomy, whereas four cases were also excluded from the per-protocol analysis. Two patients had died in hospital before 30 days and six were alive with no evidence of cancer relapses after a follow-up ranging from five to 14,2 months (median of 10.6 months). In the intention-to-treat analysis, three of eight patients suffered of gastrointestinal leakages and two of them had died. On a per-protocol basis, two of four patients presented this type of postoperative complication and one of them had died. All deaths occurred as a somewhat consequence of gastrointestinal leakages. Conclusion We could not make any conclusion about the safety and efficacy of the EIPL, but the possibility of this approach might increase the rate of gastrointestinal leakage is highlighted.


2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2684-2691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Badgwell ◽  
Janice N. Cormier ◽  
Sunil Krishnan ◽  
James Yao ◽  
Gregg A. Staerkel ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Guo ◽  
Aman Xu ◽  
Xiaowei Sun ◽  
Xuhui Zhao ◽  
Yabin Xia ◽  
...  

AbstractWhether extensive intraoperative peritoneal lavage (EIPL) after gastrectomy is beneficial to patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC) is not clear. This phase 3, multicenter, parallel-group, prospective randomized study (NCT02745509) recruits patients between April 2016 and November 2017. Eligible patients who had been histologically proven AGC with T3/4NxM0 stage are randomly assigned (1:1) to either surgery alone or surgery plus EIPL. The results of the two groups are analyzed in the intent-to-treat population. A total of 662 patients with AGC (329 patients in the surgery alone group, and 333 in the surgery plus EIPL group) are included in the study. The primary endpoint is 3-year overall survival (OS). The secondary endpoints include 3-year disease free survival (DFS), 3-year peritoneal recurrence-free survival (reported in this manuscript) and 30-day postoperative complication and mortality (previously reported). The trial meets pre-specified endpoints. Estimated 3-year OS rates are 68.5% in the surgery alone group and 70.6% in the surgery plus EIPL group (log-rank p = 0.77). 3-year DFS rates are 61.2% in the surgery alone group and 66.0% in the surgery plus EIPL group (log-rank p = 0.24). The pattern of disease recurrence is similar in the two groups. In conclusion, EIPL does not improve the 3-year survival rate in AGC patients.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e15190-e15190
Author(s):  
Leandro Machado Colli ◽  
Antonio Carlos Godoy ◽  
Bruno Filardi ◽  
Jose Marcio Barros Figueiredo ◽  
José Sebastião Santos ◽  
...  

e15190 Background: Gastric cancer is a common malignant disease with a high mortality rate. Neoadjuvant treatment is efficient, but not the first option for treatment in all countries. Studies of neadjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer in South American countries are lacking. The aim of this retrospective analysis was to investigate the use of the ECX (epirubicin, cisplatin, and capecitabine) regimen in the neoadjuvant therapy in a Brazilian population. Methods: 25 patients (median age, 61; range 36-78 years; 14 pts >60 years) with locally advanced gastric adenocarcinoma received three courses of preoperative chemotherapy with epirubicin 50 mg/m², day 1, cisplatin 60 mg/m², day 1, and capecitabine 625 mg/m² bid, days 2-21, of a 21-day cycle. Toxicity was assessed by the Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) after every cycle. Progression-free survival (PFS) was defined as time from diagnosis to disease progression assessed by CT. Results: 21 pts completed all three planned cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Four patients receiced surgery earlier than planned due to bleeding (1), toxicity (1), abdominal infection (1), and non-adherence to treatment (1). Three patients could not be operated due to disease progression. 70% of operated patients had curative resection with two pathologic complete response. Only six out 25 patients had disease progression and only two died after a median follow-up of 11.5 months (range 3.4-20.2). Median PFS and overall survival were not reached. Toxicities grade 3-4 were neutropenia (28%), febrile neutropenia (8%), bleeding (8%), and heart failure (6,2%). Conclusions: ECX is a efficacious neoadjuvant treatment in the Brazilian population and also well tolerated and safe. However, more studies with a larger South American population are needed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16569-e16569
Author(s):  
Heber Salvador de Castro Ribeiro ◽  
Wilson Luiz da Costa ◽  
Maria Dirlei de Souza Begnami ◽  
Celso Abdon Lopes Mello ◽  
Tatiane Neotti ◽  
...  

e16569 Background: The incidence, prognostic and predictive impacts of PD-L1 expression in locally advanced gastric cancer is unknown. We aimed to determine the expression of PD-L1 by CPS in the pre-treatment biopsy and surgical specimens of patients (pts) with gastric cancer who received neoadjuvant therapy and its association with pathological response and survival outcomes. Methods: Retrospective cohort of pts treated at a cancer center from 2007 to 2017. Pts with confirmed gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma who received neoadjuvant treatment and curative-intent D2 surgery were included. Gastric stump tumors and those who had a total esophagectomy were excluded. Clinical data were obtained from medical charts. Biopsy samples and a tissue microarray with the most representative areas of the surgical specimen were used to detect PD-L1 IHC expression with 22C3 phamDx antibody. Results were analyzed using the CPS score. Overall and DFS survival included the Kaplan-Meier product-limit estimator in an ITT analysis and a Cox regression was used to obtain crude and adjusted HR for prognostic factors. Results: 270 pts were included: median age was 58.9 years, most (51.5%) had cT3-T4N+ stages, 45% had diffuse histology and 87.8% completed the preoperative regimen. 13% had a pCR, while 53% had minimal tumor regression. With a median follow-up of 60.3 months (CI 95% 54.7 – 65.8), the median OS and DFS were not reached. 11.4% of biopsies and 18.6% of surgical specimens had positive CPS, with a median score of 3 (IQR 2,0 – 7,5) and 9 (IQR 5.0 – 20.0) respectively. In 18.9% of paired samples the PD-L1 expression was found to be negative in the biopsy sample and positive in the surgical specimen. PD-L1 expression was neither associated with pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, nor with survival outcomes. Conclusions: PD-L1 expression on the setting of locally advanced gastric cancer was low and it was different when biopsy and surgical specimens were compared. No impact on survival results could be detected. [Table: see text]


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16061-e16061
Author(s):  
Natalia P. Beliak ◽  
Rashida Orlova ◽  
Svetlana Kutukova ◽  
Natalia V. Zhukova ◽  
Pavel Balashov ◽  
...  

e16061 Background: Based on results German FLOT-4 study, the FLOT regimen could be considered the new standard chemotherapy regimen for perioperative strategy of resectable GC. Since more and more patients have received neoadjuvant treatment,the efficacy and side effect must be weighted before performing NACT. Two-drug regimens were preferred according to the NCCN guidelines in principle because of their lower toxicity. And three-drug regimens may be applied in medically fit patients with access to frequent evaluation during treatment, to ensure that they can still tolerate surgery after NACT. Methods: We analyzed the data of 79 patients with resectable locally advanced gastric cancer who received the FLOT or FOLFOX regimen as NACT. The group of patients with NAСT FLOT included 44 patients, including 32 men, 12 women. Age in the first group varied from 28 to 80 years, the median age was 59.0 (95% CI 54.1-62.0) The group of patients with the FOLFOX chemotherapy regimen included 35: 17 (48.6%) men and 18 women (51.4%). Age in the second group varied from 60 to 75 years, the median age in the second group was 67.5 (95% CI 62.2-71.0). The second group included significantly older patients U = 137.0; p = 0.0001. Results: The severity of drug pathomorphosis was assessed in a standard way according to the Mandard system, in the first group there were 5 patients - TRG1 (11.4%), 7 patients - TRG2 (15.9%), 9 patients - TRG3 (20.5%), 15 patients TRG4 (34.0%), 5 patients - TRG5 (11.4%), 3 patients it was not evaluated (6.8%). In the second group, 6 patients - TRG1 (17.1%), 2 patients - TRG2 (5.7%), 2 patients - TRG3 (5.7%), 16 patients - TRG4 (45.8 %), 7 patients - TRG5 (20.0%), for 2 patients it was not evaluated (5.7%). Complete pathomorphosis was not statistically different in both groups (p = 0.47). TRG 2 was not statistically different (p = 0.16). The number of registered cases of TRG3 in the first group exceeded (p = 0.06). The frequency of TRG4 and TRG 5 did not differ (p = 0.29). Major pathological regression (TRG1 + TRG2) was 27.3% in the first group and 22.8% (p = 0.65). A decrease in the stage in the first group occurred in 22 patients (50.0%), and in the second group - in 19 patients (54.3%), p = 0.70. yp≤ T2 was diagnosed in 21 out of 79 patients (26.6%), in the first group in 11 patients (25%), in the second group in 10 (28.6%), p = 0.72. Conclusions: the FOLFOX regimen showed similar efficacy in the tumor response grade rate compared to the FLOT regimen, therefore, these two regimes are interchangeable, especially among patients of the older age group or in patients with high risks of a four-component regimen.


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